Physical risk
Rotor Driver,
regarding your justified concerns about "physical risk from the local population" ...
Expat kidnapped in Port Harcourt
- A German expat working for BilfingerBerger(BB) was stopped at School Rd., near Amadi Ama roundabout, around 7.50 am this morning. his company vehicle was blocked by 2 other vehicles and a male in Army fatigues forced the driver to get out of the car. Another man in plain clothes stepped behind the wheel and drove off with car and expatriate. They headed in the direction of Eastern Bypass
The vehicle has since been found abandoned at marine base in the Koko-Ama area of Port Harcourt.
- Three Filipinos working for a U.S. construction firm were kidnapped in southern Nigeria early Friday. Four armed men blocked the vehicle of the Baker Hughes Inc. employees on the road, fired in the air and then took them hostage, according to a colleague who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the press.
- An armed robbery attack was carried out on a bus carrying staff of a contractor survey crew working for SPDC. The attack happened at about 14.00 hours yesterday the 3rd August, when the crew was returning to base, after the day's field work. The crew vehicle was attacked along the Egbema - Assa road by unknown armed men believed to be robbers, leading to the death of the five contractor personnel.
Apart from the various militant factions in the area, it looks like everybody wants to have a go at getting rich quick. Lawlessness is definately spreading fast.
NOW you can start calculating the hazard pay!